Oswiecim, Friday, June 29
After breakfast at our hotel, we walk the short distance to the Eden to pick up kosher tuna sandwiches. When I ordered the sandwiches and our Shabbat meals (shipped from Hermolis, in England), I was...
View ArticleLondond and Paris--A Tour "To Die For"
My friend Barry Fisher and his partner Anne Block are leading To Die For, a unique mystery tour of London and Paris, October 17-25, 2007. From their web site:Murder mystery fans and writers, "CSI" TV...
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Get on the Case
This Sunday, October 7, thirteen past presidents of Sisters in Crime, including myself, will be doing events around the country, signing and talking about their short stories in Sisters on the Case,...
View Article"Buried Treasure"
If you'd like to read "Buried Treasure," my essay on my summer trip to central Europe, you can read it on Aish.com, where it was just published.
View ArticleJUNO
Too often when a movie is hyped I'm disappointed when I finally see it. I was delighted to find that this wasn't the case with Juno, a smart film that deals with teen pregnancy with realism, humor, and...
View ArticleHow We Spent Our Summer Vacation, Part 1
Wednesday, June 25 This year our vacation is a ten-day kosher tour of Spain. Our plan is to stop in JFK and spend the weekend in New Jersey with our son, daughter-in-law, and infant granddaughter and...
View ArticleWeather Thou Goest...
Sunday, June 29 After I do some on-line bill paying on my son's computer (my last guaranteed access to the Internet until we return to American soil), we tear ourselves away from our granddaughter (and...
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It's a "Small Miracle"
Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal have come out with Small Miracles of the Holocaust: Extraordinary Coincidences of Faith, Hope, and Survival, another book in their wonderful series. I hope you'll...
View Article"Von" Voyage
If you've visited my blog over the past few years, you've noticed that I haven't posted in a long, long time. I have a number of excuses, primarily the kitchen remodel that took up most of my time for...
View ArticleWithout Borders
This morning, in an AOL round-up of retail companies that will be closing some of its stores (the list includes Ann Taylor and Starbucks, which have already shuttered many of their stores), I read the...
View ArticleLike Riding a Bike
Yesterday, on a Sukkot outing with some of our kids and grandkids, we drove to Daniel's Bike shop in Marina del Ray and rented assorted bikes for the family. Some with training wheels; two tandems, one...
View ArticlePurple Majesty
Day six since my bike adventure. Most of my left leg, from groin to ankle, is purple and black and assorted colors, with hints of yellow. I guess that means the colors will soon recede. The swelling on...
View ArticleSaturday Night in the ER
Saturday night, following my doctor's orders, my husband took me to the Cedars ER to get an ultrasound study of my left leg, which had turned purple and blue overnight. My doctor wanted to make sure I...
View ArticleGoring Out of My Mind
As a mystery writer, I'm a big fan of police procedurals and related programs: The Law & Order fanchise (I like SVU the best). The Mentalist. Medium. Monk. Bones (Last season's finale was a...
View ArticleIt's "Killing" Me
I've been a devoted follower of AMC's The Killing and the nuanced characterization of the effect on the family of a viction. Llast night's season finale was extremely frustrating. I had every...
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